... rlans Paper By VC^inifrec! Lewis DRAW IP TO THE FIRE Furniture that is not just a promise of things to come is everybody's news. Here is a piece in season, a fireside chair which has the added advantage that, when summer comes, it is ideally adaptable for use outdoors, since the metal frame is light enough to make it easily portable. Designed on the hammock principle, this chair fits snugly ...

... NOT so long back the Ministry of Works warned that there was still a shortage of plumbers. Last winter, in fact, there was only one plumber for every 500 burst water pipes-- so beware this coming cold season. Here are one or two things you can do to tide over if you are unlucky enough to get a burst. Shut off the water at the main draw off the boiler fire to prevent any danger of explosion run ...

... Materials: 4 oz. of 2-ply Lavenda wool. 1 pair of No. 12 knitting needles. 2 yd. of J-in. wide ribbon. Measurements: 17 ins. from the top of shoulder to lower edge. I7J ins. underarms. 6 ins. underarm seam of sleeve. Tension: 16 sts. to 2 ins. THE FRONT With No. 12 needles cast oh 122 sts. K. into the back of the first row. 1st, 2nd and 3rd rows. K. i 4th row. K. 4, k. 2 tog., m. 1 rep. from ...

... Potato POT-POURR W X^vxv^ A\uV\ Now is the time when potatoes, so warmly recommended by the Ministry of Food, are apt to get a cold welcome when they appear day after day. They are old, they are tired, they have lost the charm and adaptability of youth. And their glamour is not enhanced by the fact that so many cooks try to drown them in a watery grave. With a little skilful rejuvenation, how ...

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... By Ferdinand Tuoky IT was a brilliant, still day, hardly a ripple in the cove of the lesser Riviera, where we were picnicking. Suddenly we saw the same thing: a couple of stems about twenty inches out of the water. They had appeared round a rocky corner about ten yards out, and some splashing followed them. Might be tiny periscopes. Or the antennae of an outsize sea-spider. But we weren't ...

... ( MATERIALS: 9 ozs. of Target Beacon 3-ply one pair each of No. 12 and No. 9 knitting needles buttons. MEASUREMENTS From the top of shoulder to lower edge 21 ins. across the back underarms 17 ins. across the front underarms (with edge) 9i ins. underarm sleeve seams, I7J ins. TENSION 8 sts. to I in. THE BACK With No. 9 needles cast on 118 sts. Rib 4 rows k. i, p. i. Continue in the following ...

... MATERIALS 3 ozs. each of Munrospun Morning Haze in beige and brown one pair of No. 10 knitting needles. MEASUREMENTS From the top of shoulder to lower edge 20| ins. across the back and front underarms 18 ins. TENSION 8 sts. to I in. THE BACK With No. jo needles cast on 120 sts. with beige wool. Rib in k. 2, p. 2 for ins. Change to stocking stitch (one row knit, one row purl). Work for 1 in. ...

... p J ijm^J %1MHI' f|.^ M; Wt' I1 15RUGE .MARSH MARGARET Mjm C. PATRICK WD^fl F. MATANIA,1&.W '4 For conditions of sale Britcinniu and Eve CO/VjP1 n )ME ^ND FASHl|p SECTIONS by Carl Shreve Cover Design ...

... An Exact Science JV omen make clever spies but often trap them selves by falling in love By Arthur Mills THE unclaimed letter bearing an Amsterdam postmark, marked poste restante, addressed to Miss Mabel Smith at a North London post office, was forwarded to the dead letter office to be opened and returned to the sender. On opening the letter a sealed envelope was found inside containing ten ...

... By Margaret Chute I LIKE Hollywood because, in that crazy town, it is possible to have lunch with Gary Cooper and dinner with Clark Gable all in one day. To say nothing of iced tea and chocolate layer cake with Myrna Loy, in the middle of the afternoon of the same day. And I don't know any other place where that could happen to me, as it has happened in dizzy Hollywood. In these days of ...

... ,C KOUft v*# v V BRtl^ By Chrysis Let us consider your skin scientifically for a moment, and realise that all flaws in your complexion can be broadly classed under one heading: Imperfect skin breathing The cells which strike down through the layers ot your epithelial tissues like dwindling tunnels should open, contract and close successively like the cells of a living sponge. It is only when ...